"There is no vice or folly that requires so much nicety and skill to manage as vanity; nor any which by ill management makes so contemptible a figure."

-- Jonathan Swift

#Vanity Quotes #Skills Quotes #Vices Quotes

“For the most part, it's a world of artists that are very in their own heads.”
“Treat people kindly. When you are kind to somebody and I don't mean necessarily "buddy-buddy", just show kindness and consideration. Show that people are worthy and you respect them and you are glad they're with you.”
“But no work from a first rate mind is ever really second rate.”
“Commit to stop making excuses. When we make excuses, we lie to ourselves and continue bad habits.”
“In the end, the work shows if you're good.”
“Without humility of heart all the other virtues by which one runs toward God seem - and are - absolutely worthless.”

Source : Angela (of Foligno), Paul Lachance (1993). “Complete works”, Paulist Pr
“We must begin our practice by walking the narrow path of simplicity, the hinayana path, before we can walk upon the open highway of compassionate action, the mahayana path.”
“I merely observe that all living things are manipulated. As long as there is a will, it is bent and twisted constantly. Only the dead are allowed the luxury of freedom, and then only because they want nothing, and therefore can't be thwarted.”

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